Spring started off fine after a severe winter, dry and warm by the end of April, with flowers bursting into color, trees blooming, and the earthy smells of the new season in the air. May, however, was annoyingly cold . . . It was snowing again on June 7 and continued until . . . over eighteen inches . . . crops and leaves on trees were killed; farmers wearily replanted . . . newly shorn sheep froze to death. June 9 found inch-thick ice on shallow ponds and foot-long icicles were noted . . . exceeding cold snow fell, attended with high wind, which measured in places where it was drifted, 18 to 20 inches in depth. Saturday morning the weather was more severe than it generally is during the storms of winter."

-- Vermont, June 15, 1816

July was not much better. Some parts of New England got rain, but Vermont remained dry as a bone. A frost on August 21 killed more beans, potatoes and corn, and the mountains were snow-covered . . . By September, frost had killed corn well south into Massachusetts. By September, most of Vermont had been a full three months without rain. Fires which swept through parched forest land filled the air with acrid smoke and a general darkness. Another killing frost struck the final blow on the tenth, wiping out whatever had managed to survive to that point. A meager crop of unripe potatoes was harvested. Better than nothing . . . That winter, cattle starved for lack of hay . . . .

Proof that American internal combustion engines existed as far back as 1816.

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posted on 07/11/2014 9:09:00 PM PDT
by WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)

You don’t have to be religious or even believe in God to know that the Global Warmers are full of crap! You simply need common sense and a reasoned intellect! That is why so many Democrats believe in Global Warming.

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posted on 07/11/2014 10:11:27 PM PDT
by Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)

Here is a chart of the past five years of surface temperatures on Lake Superior. Notice the current year in black. It is already pretty close to the peak temperature for the water for this year. I am interested in how this will effect the fall and winter. This water could freeze earlier, and cover the lakes with ice again.

Joe Bastardi has been saying that this coming winter is going to be brutally cold. I expect to see the total ice coverage of the Great Lakes record from 1979 of 94% to be broken. This past winter it hit second place for about 92%.

The temp of the water is only topped out to 7 degrees C which is about 45 degrees F.

It’ll be interesting to see what both Farmers Almanacs say about this winter. They were correct about last winter.

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posted on 07/11/2014 10:26:44 PM PDT
by Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)

Should be quite a shock for my family. I’ve been living in India for the past 4 years (wife is Indian, daughter was born in India). We’re headed back to New England in a month. I’ll be sure to get extra-warm winter clothing for them. A winter akin to the ones we had back in the late 70s, with all that snow, would be a real treat.

If you mean sunny and 72 degrees everywhere all the time - I agree! That would be unsurvivable on a large scale. Amazing how so many complex things interact in our environment to keep things going. But I think the thing that will put a real damper on humanity is going to be the next ice age. And some scientists believe (and have evidence) that a rapid and destructive cooling can take place in the matter of a decade or so. Not the gradual, long-term things one might think. Of course, an ice age may just be the reset button the earth needs to keep it inhabitable in the long run.

In the Dallas area, we haven’t had a 100 degree day yet. We’re getting pretty deep into July now. We may get our first today, but it’s cooling off next week. We’re supposed to have some nights in the 60s. I’ll take it.

At the current rate of global cooling, Lake Superior could be frozen year round in TEN YEARS. The only way to save us is to give me money for more research. There’s no time to debate this. Just give me the money.

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